Municipal solid waste
Thessaloniki to offer Christmas tree recycling program
Christmas trees will be recycled after the holiday season as part of a pilot program that will begin in Thessaloniki in northern Greece.
The aim of the initiative by the Environment Ministry and the Solid Waste Management Agency (FODSA) is for other regions across the country to implement the program, whose main slogan is "no Christmas trees at the landfill."
Edirne Municipality builds facility to produce electricity from waste
A solid waste storage and disposal facility in the western province of Edirne that produces electricity from waste has started operating.
Municipalities react to quarry picks for landfills
The municipalities of Kropia and Megara in Attica are reacting to a report that two disused quarries in their jurisdictions will be used as sanitary landfills to manage the Greek capital's waste, saying the areas are inappropriate.
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WCYCLE, waste treatment in the circular economy for the City of Maribor
The Center for the preparation of secondary raw materials (the Center) is the most modern sorting plant in this part of Europe and the only one in the region providing purely real recycling. Construction began at the end of August 2017 and the machines were tested for the first time in the middle of May 2018. The Center will be fully operational by the end of June this year.
Local authorities told to pull socks up over trash sorting
Municipal authorities across Greece have until the end of the year to come up with a plan to halve the amount of solid waste that ends up at landfills, Alternate Environment Minister Sokratis Famellos told an event in Thessaloniki over the weekend.
Tackling Marine Litter: Council Agrees its Stance on Port Reception Facilities
Ships should not gain any financial advantage by dumping waste at sea. To combat dumping, the Council today adopted a general approach on updated rules on port reception facilities which will provide incentives for ships to dispose of their waste on land.
Figures expose Greeks' poor waste disposal habits
More than 40 percent of the waste placed in blue dumpsters designated for recyclable materials is estimated to end up in the country's landfills, according to 2016 data seen by Kathimerini.
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Environment Minister Signs Contracts for Construction of Waste Handling Plants
Budget Commission Will Change The Waste Tax in Bulgaria
The Budget and Finance Committee will consider a radical change in the calculation of the waste tax in Bulgaria. The project provides for a "polluter to pay" and this will lead to the lifting of the household fees, reported bTV.
The Garbage Tax will Rise Socially Bearable
Next week, the parliamentary budget committee will begin discussing amendments to the Local Taxes and Fees Act, which are changing the formula for determining the garbage fee, chairman of the committee Menda Stoyanova told BNT.
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